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How to Play the Sitar : Evening Raga for Sitar

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Uploaded by on Apr 18, 2006

Learn how to play a sitar raga for the evening in this free online music lesson on how to play the sitar.

Expert: Amelia Maciszewski
Contact: www.sangeetmillennium.org.com
Bio: Amelia Maciszewski has a Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology, and has been performing Hindustani music for over 20 years.

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  • Sitar can play harmonics to a dazzlingly beautifully effect.

  • I adore the sound of a Sitar and you're very good at playing it.

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  • I would love to hear you play some nice relaxing indian songs with that sitar.

  • You have the sitar I want, Amelia! 

  • any idea the thaat of this raga? 

  • Wow. I haven't looked at that comment in years. Well, looking at it now, there's nothing intrinsically wrong with it. I now play the sitar, and what I said is true. It can play harmonics to dazzlingly beautiful effect. I am aware of the physical concept of sympathetic resonance and how it is central to the sound of a sitar, and I'm aware of the physical principal behind a string harmonic. That said, I'm not so sure why I chose to write that comment, because you're right, she doesn't play any.

  • @RandomTask3000

    You are not hearing any "harmonics" being played. I think you're confusing the sound of the sympathetic strings, which ring out when a corresponding note is played in the main strings. You do hear harmonic overtones but playing a harmonic on a fretted instrument is different, like the harmonics available on a guitar at the 5th, 7th and 12th frets.

  • no. hihi

  • here she has b3 as well, and theres no 2 as far as i can tell

  • Raga is mostly based off of one basal note, such as C, or Sa. So it may seem that way, but there are differences. This raga and some others are extremely similar, based around a C major scale.

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